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Glass Lewis

Glass, Lewis & Co. is one of two prominent proxy advisory services in the world, the other being Institutional Shareholder Services ("ISS"). Glass Lewis provides governance services that support engagement among institutional investors and corporations through its research, proxy vote management and technology platforms. Glass Lewis empowers institutional investors that collectively manage $20 trillion to make sound voting decisions by uncovering and assessing governance, business, legal, political and accounting risks at issuers domiciled in 100 countries. Glass Lewis currently maintains approximately 37% of the market share for proxy advisory services.

Founded in 2003, Glass Lewis is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in New York, Washington DC, Ireland, Germany and Australia.

In September 2006, Glass Lewis acquired Sydney-based proxy advisory firm Corporate Governance International, which then became known as CGI Glass Lewis. In November 2008, Glass Lewis acquired Washington Analysis, a political and economic advisory firm based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1973 and rated among the Best Analysts of the Year by Institutional Investor magazine, Washington Analysis anticipates and analyzes the impact of political, legislative and regulatory developments on the financial markets. The firm’s senior analysts focus on defense, energy, financial services, healthcare, media and telecommunications, as well as geopolitics and political economics, including fiscal, monetary and trade policy.

Lewis is, in general, the lower lying part of the island, with the other part, Harris, being more mountainous. The flatter, more fertile land means Lewis contains the largest settlement, Stornoway, and three-quarters of the population of the Western Isles. Beyond human habitation, the island's diverse habitats are home to an assortment of flora and fauna, such as the golden eagle, red deer and seals and are recognised in a number of conservation areas.

Lewis is of Presbyterian tradition with a rich history, having once been part of the NorseKingdom of Mann and the Isles. Today, life is very different from elsewhere in Scotland with Sabbath observance, the Gaelic language and peat cutting retaining more importance than elsewhere. Lewis has a rich cultural heritage as can be seen from its myths and legends as well as the local literary and musical traditions.

Lewis (satellite)

Lewis was an American satellite which was to have been operated by NASA as part of the Small Satellite Technology Initiative. It carried two experimental Earth imaging instruments, and an ultraviolet astronomy payload. Due to a design flaw it failed within three days of reaching orbit, before it became operational.

Lewis was a 288 kilograms (635lb) spacecraft, which was designed to operate for between one and three years. It was built by TRW under a contract which was signed on 11 July 1994. Its primary instruments were the Hyperspectral Imager, the Linear Etalon Imaging Spectral Array and the Ultraviolet Cosmic Background experiment. A number of technology demonstration payloads were also flown.

Launch

Lewis was launched by a LMLV-1 (Athena I) rocket flying from Space Launch Complex 6 at the Vandenberg Air Force Base. The launch was originally scheduled to take place in September 1996, but it was delayed due to technical problems affecting the rocket. Launch finally occurred at 06:51:01 GMT on 23 August 1997, and Lewis was successfully placed into a parking orbit with an apogee of 134 kilometres (83mi), a perigee of 124 kilometres (77mi), and 97.5 degrees of inclination. Lewis was to have raised itself into a higher orbit, at an altitude of 523 kilometres (325mi).

Glass House

Glass house, that once was mine , the sun will shine in on meYou, change your mind, you weren't the kind to live on meI remember yesterday , turn my tears to laugherThen you left and like a stray, I came running after(break)I remember you at night, palm trees softly swayingI remember all the words you were softly sayingGlass house upon the hill so big and still, the shady lane

Glass Lewis

Glass, Lewis & Co. is one of two prominent proxy advisory services in the world, the other being Institutional Shareholder Services ("ISS"). Glass Lewis provides governance services that support engagement among institutional investors and corporations through its research, proxy vote management and technology platforms. Glass Lewis empowers institutional investors that collectively manage $20 trillion to make sound voting decisions by uncovering and assessing governance, business, legal, political and accounting risks at issuers domiciled in 100 countries. Glass Lewis currently maintains approximately 37% of the market share for proxy advisory services.

Founded in 2003, Glass Lewis is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in New York, Washington DC, Ireland, Germany and Australia.

In September 2006, Glass Lewis acquired Sydney-based proxy advisory firm Corporate Governance International, which then became known as CGI Glass Lewis. In November 2008, Glass Lewis acquired Washington Analysis, a political and economic advisory firm based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1973 and rated among the Best Analysts of the Year by Institutional Investor magazine, Washington Analysis anticipates and analyzes the impact of political, legislative and regulatory developments on the financial markets. The firm’s senior analysts focus on defense, energy, financial services, healthcare, media and telecommunications, as well as geopolitics and political economics, including fiscal, monetary and trade policy.

Spotlight. Andrew Gerrie ...City adviser GlassLewis has told investors to vote against Andrew Gerrie at the chocolatier's AGM, saying he is not independent enough to be chair because he co-owns a joint venture....

Glass, Lewis & Co. (“GlassLewis”), another leading proxy advisory firm, has also recommended that shareholders vote for a majority of the IndependentShortSlate... “ISS and GlassLewis sent a powerful message to Campbell shareholders that the time has come for significant change to the Company’s Board....

... in luxury stores, but he professes to be a JohnLewis regular, with some Dartington crystal glasses his most recent purchase ... Shoppers will not be able to buy his embroidered silk dressing gown or tinted glasses, but John Lewis is rising to the occasion with a range of pianos....

At issue are companies such as Institutional Shareholder Services and GlassLewis, which mutual funds and other shareholders pay for advice on how to vote in corporate elections ...Chamber of Commerce has long argued that proxy-advisory firms have too much influence and are riddled with conflicts of interest, charges that ISS and GlassLewis reject....